The album of cartes-de-visite by mostly
unidentified photographers, assembled by an unknown person during the time of the French
intervention in Mexico by an unknown person, contains photographs of Pre-Columbian related
statuary; portraits of 19th-century Mexican presidents, military, and political figures;
images of indigenous people and "tipos" depicting various types of Mexican street vendors
and professions; portraits of figures from the French intervention; portraits of Napoleon
III and family; and portraits of the compiler's family and friends.
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Language:
Collection is in French
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390
